Benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands /

Provides a benthic habitat classification manual, a benthic habitat map for the nearshore waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, and supplemental geospatial data. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a geographic information system (GIS) using visua...

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Corporate Author:	Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.). Biogeography Program
Format:	Government Document Software Map
Language:	English
Published:	[Silver Spring, Md.] : [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Program], [2003]
Subjects:	Benthos > Habitat > Hawaii > Maps. Benthos > Habitat > Hawaii > Classification. Aquatic habitats > Hawaii > Maps. Aquatic habitats > Hawaii > Aerial photographs. Coral reef ecology > Hawaii. Hawaii > Aerial photographs.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS116484 This electronic address not available when searched on Aug. 5, 2009 http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/hawaii_cd/htm/manual.pdf This electronic address not available when searched on Sept. 17, 2009 This electronic address not available when searched on Aug. 5, 2009

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Summary:	Provides a benthic habitat classification manual, a benthic habitat map for the nearshore waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, and supplemental geospatial data. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a geographic information system (GIS) using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km². In all, 204 km² of unconsolidated sediment, 171 km² of submerged vegetation, and 415 km² of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped.
Item Description:	Title from title screen. Accompanying benthic habitat classification manual entitled: Benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands: Interim product 2003. Eight metadata files included on CD-ROM. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 CD-ROM : color ; 12 cm. + 1 documentation (48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.) Also available via Internet from NOS Biogeography Program Web site. Address as of 9/8/04: http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/products/hawaii%5Fcd; current access is available via PURL. Documentation for CD is avaiable as part of the online version. A limited version atlas: Benthic habitats of the main Hawain Island, interm product 2003, was developed from the disk's maps to accommodate specific request from Hawaiian user community to support management and scientific needs. It was distributed to deposiotry libraries on Shipping list no.: 2004-0026-S, under Item 0191-B-11, as C 55.418/6:B 44.
Format:	System requirements: IBM-compatible PC; CD-ROM drive; web browsers; ArcView GIS (ArcView 3.1 or higher); Adobe Acrobat Reader and PKZIP Shareware.